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The IMB-M43 further reduces TCO by ensur-
ing stable 2A power supply for each USB port
at 5V +-5%, with all 14 USB ports support-
ing up to 14A total, even from a 300W sup-
ply, unlike other platforms requiring a 460W
PSU to drive the same system due to moth-
erboard consumption exceeding 5V current.
ADLINK provides not only high-end indus-
trial motherboards, but also frame grabbers
with various interfaces, such as the PCIe-
GIE74+ 4CH with PoE+ interface enabling
transmission of 1Gb/s, and supporting con-
nection to a GigE Vision camera, and the Eure-
sys CoaXPressframe grabbers to process high
bandwidth and long-distance data transmis-
sion of frame grabbers that use the CoaXPress
standard interface to process high bandwidth
and long-distance data transmission. These
complete solutions can help to configure fully-
optimized machine vision systems. As an
example, in a smartphone manufacturing
facility and electronic component foundry,
machine vision is essential on the production
line to execute QA inspection and alignment
correction. Conventionally, to process the data
from as many as 16 cameras would require a
hardware configuration with several comput-
ers. Now much more effectively a multi-slot
IMB-M43motherboardwith five PCIe-GIE74+
frame grabbers can accommodate connection
of multiple cameras to a single host computer.
Furthermore, since additional software licens-
ing is required for every computer configured,
with licensing fees usually several times the
cost of the hardware itself, ADLINK solutions
further reduce costs of machine vision systems
by eliminating the need to deploy multiple
host computers. In another example, in an IC
packaging and testing plant, machine vision
is used to perform appearance inspection and
alignment operations, in which a total of 16
cameras need to be installed at three different
stations, every station using four or five cam-
eras to acquire images simultaneously. Multi-
ple graphics cards are required to perform the
computations required to process the large
amounts of image data. ADLINK’s high CP
value IMB-M43 utilizes server-grade moth-
erboard specifications to support installation
of four PCIe-GIE74+ cards with an additional
graphics card in five PCIe slots, thereby sav-
ing space while achieving the required level of
computing performance.
Panel manufacturers have previously used
the Euresys Camera Link solution to build
machine vision inspection systems on the pro-
duction line. As modules supporting the new
generation CoaXPress ultra-high speed stan-
dard have become available, users have been
able to upgrade their original systems. High
performance IMB-M43 industrial mother-
board with EuresysCoaXPressframe grabbers
have tripled data transmission speeds, fur-
ther accelerating production speeds for vastly
improved yield and throughput.
For machine vision applications focusing on
factory automation, user priorities include
maximizing image capture, transmission, and
processing. The 6th generation Intel Core
processors provide not only maximum com-
puting performance, but also increased RAM
and bandwidth. Thus equipped, the flexible
slot configuration of the IMB-M43 delivers
sufficient expansion slots to eliminate the
need to furnish server-grade motherboards
while simplifying onsite configuration of the
machine vision system. Installation space is
conserved, system building costs are reduced,
and robust construction allows it to withstand
the most rigorous manufacturing environ-
ments, ensuring stability, reliability, and maxi-
mum performance on the production line.
With machine vision development expected
to become even more dynamic in the future,
ADLINK is ideally positioned to continue to
provide complete industry support, irrespec-
tive of machine vision operations growth
and evolution, whether for native PC USB
and GigE applications or ultra-speed appli-
cations such as Camera Link and CoaXPress,
from industrial platform and image capture,
to motion control and I/O module and even
image processing and software-based analy-
sis. The one-stop-service capability and exten-
sive field integration and support experience
of ADLINK continue to enable reliable, high-
speedmachine vision inspection applications.
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Figure 1. Multi-inspection sites, leverage the resources software for development
Figure 2. Ideal for high-speed machine vision applications - the IMB-M43 industrial ATX
motherboard with 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 Processor
